Lead Cloud Automation & Governance Engineer

Nutanix, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutanix, Inc. is seeking a Lead Cloud Automation & Governance Engineer to drive the design, implementation, and operation of cloud platforms across AWS, GCP, and Azure. You will lead governance, FinOps, and operational automation, enabling scalable, secure, and efficient cloud delivery.

You will own enterprise automation, security guardrails, and multi-account strategies while mentoring engineers and guiding CI/CD, IaC, and platform tooling across the organization.

Qualifications

• Proficient in operating cloud infra on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of IAM, Organizations, EC2, S3, and cross-account patterns.
• Hands-on GitOps, CI/CD, testing, and production change mgmt.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate maintainable cloud platforms and self-service workflows.
• Govern AWS multi-account architecture with security guardrails and cost visibility.
• Implement auditable GitOps pipelines with policy-as-code and automated testing.
• Lead IaC efforts using Terraform and manage multi-account state with safe changes.
• Drive FinOps, tagging compliance, and waste reduction across clouds.

Skills

AWS

IAM & security patterns

GitOps & DevOps

Python/Go scripting

Multi-cloud governance

FinOps concepts

CI/CD practices

Tools

Terraform

EventBridge

Cloud APIs

Job description

Hungry, Humble, Honest, with Heart

The Opportunity As a Lead Cloud Automation & Governance Engineer, you will operate as a senior individual contributor and technical lead within our G&A – IT Cloud Ops organization. You will define and implement how Nutanix governs, automates, secures, and optimizes public-cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure. This role allows you to own critical cloud governance, FinOps, and operational capabilities while increasing the team's ability to scale securely and efficiently through automation.

About the Team

You will join the G&A – IT Cloud Ops team, reporting to the Sr. Manager of Service Engineering. We are a team focused on building reliable automation and establishing reusable standards that eliminate manual operational overhead. We value technical mentorship, clear documentation, and cross-functional alignment. This role is aligned to Pacific Time to support core team collaboration, and candidates who can work near Nutanix headquarters are preferred.

Your Role

Cloud Automation & Platform Architecture

Design, build, and operate maintainable, reusable, and observable cloud platforms and self-service workflows using Python, cloud APIs, and event-driven patterns. Replace one-off scripts with enterprise solutions across large, multi-account, and multi-region AWS environments (including cross-account access and account lifecycles). Establish operational ownership, testing, documentation, release management, and rollback standards.

AWS Technical Leadership & Security

Serve as the principal SME for AWS architecture, governance, and core services (IAM, Organizations, EventBridge, EC2, S3, billing, and cross-account roles). In partnership with InfoSec, define and enforce security guardrails, privileged access controls, resource policies, account hygiene, regional/service restrictions, and exception workflows. Debug complex production issues involving IAM, networking, bucket policies, and cross-service integrations while evaluating new AWS capabilities for platform enablement.

GitOps, CI/CD & Delivery Automation

Implement auditable, version-controlled GitOps and CI/CD pipelines using pull requests, peer reviews, branching strategies, and progressive delivery. Integrate security, cost, compliance, policy-as-code, secrets management, and automated testing directly into the software delivery lifecycle. Eliminate toil via event-driven remediation, scheduled automation, clear runbooks, and strict environment separation.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Configuration Management

Lead the architectural design, module creation, and lifecycle management for IaC using Terraform (with exposure to Pulumi or similar). Standardize multi-account/multi-cloud state management, provider configurations, and drift detection while enforcing code-review discipline and safe state-change practices. Rationalize platform tooling to eliminate brittle or duplicative automation.

Multi-Cloud Governance & FinOps

Drive a unified governance, visibility, and cost-optimization model across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Normalize cloud billing/usage data into actionable reporting models for business, finance, and engineering stakeholders. Automate rightsizing, savings commitment strategies, tagging compliance, and waste reduction—balancing cost efficiency against reliability, security, and developer speed.

What You Will Bring

• Professional experience operating or engineering cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• Demonstrated proficiency in AWS IAM, Organizations, account and access patterns, EC2, S3, EventBridge, and cloud APIs.
• Strong hands‑on experience with GitOps and DevOps practices, including version control, CI/CD, automated testing, and production change management.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, especially Terraform.
• Strong automation and scripting ability in Python, Go, or a comparable language.
• At least working knowledge of GCP and Azure governance, IAM, resource organization, billing, and automation concepts.

Learn More About the Technology: https://www.nutanixbible.com/

Work Arrangement: Hybrid: This role operates in a hybrid capacity, blending the benefits of remote work with the advantages of in‑person collaboration. For most roles, that will mean coming into an office a minimum of 3 days per week, however certain roles and/or teams may require more frequent in‑office presence. Additional team‑specific guidance and norms will be provided by your manager.